Elaine Cox

Elaine Cox (nee Craig) was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne during the 1980s and the wife of Tosker Cox. She married Cox immediately after he divorced his wife Mary Soulsby in 1980, and she and her husband lived well due to her husband's business dealings. The two of them voted Tory during the 1980s, as Cox supported the right of council flat residents to buy their own homes; however, in 1987, Soulsby told Elaine about the unfair burden this would place on the other residents, causing Elaine to oppose Tosker becoming a slum lord. By the 1990s, their relationship had improved once again, and they opened a floating nightclub on the River Tyne.